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I use the full version of this at work, but the lite version is free: http://www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/ . What's cool too about it is that it integrates with JSP (I don't know about PHP and the others, but it probably supports as well), so you can preview your page as a JSP and not just HTML.

Another free one is via firefox. Go to the developer tool site and download all the extensions you need. The html one you want is at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/249/ . In addition, it validates CSS, accessibility, etc.

Pretty cool, huh?

lagerwhenindoubt,

u hv given me an idea o

Perhaps we could even set up a competition here on nairaland. I wonder what the prize wd b

check out http://www.419eater.com for the latest people who have turned into the proverbial, "The predator has become the prey"

Listen to audio clips, see as person old enough to be a grandpapa is humiliating himself on photo just to make petty money.

Some of us have a long way to go, Chei!!

africanboy,

I would definitely want to do stuff like this for free, but with a family to feed, I am afraid I will remain an intellectual prostitute for a while

Maybe when I reach 1% of Bill Gates wealth, then I will give back to society in my own way.

I do salute your effort though. Keep it up!

Here is one university site I like a lot. Simple, but to the point: http://www.abti-american.edu.ng/

Check it out and let me know what you think,

After this thread, I might be making a lot of enemies. What the heck? Here it goes:

Is it just me or do most naija websites have the following characteristics (NOTE: speaking in generalities here. So don't crucify me just yet )?

1) When featuring people, such people bare no semblance to Nigerians. Some show oyibo.

2) Are mostly templated

3) Are heavy on graphics/flash

4) Have some graphic/flash that is always popping in your face, thus distracting you from the reason you are on there in the first place

5) Try to cram the whole site's content onto the home page

6) Show total disregard for SEO

Did I miss anything?

This thread is not meant as a bash o! The aim is to hopefully help our fellow coders in naija to code with web standards in mind.

Thanks,

for old NTA news, you may want to visit: http://www.okopusem.org/oulc/ .

I visit here at least once a week.

In addition to what others have said:

1) A site that has an easy-to-find (and use) search function

2) A site with easy-to-follow navigation

3) A site that has content relevant to what the site is about. Also, content must be short, simple, and sharp

4) A site with very few (if at all) flash, animations, and scrolling marquees

5) A site that doesn't take forever for me to load on my 56K modem

I have 2

1) http://www.southsouthforum.org : website to promote south-south presidential candidates

2) http://www.geocities.com/myibibio : website to promote Ibibio language worldwide

Farriel,

Interestingly, I woke up on the right side of my bed this morning. So, if you need more suggestions/comments, let me know and I will be sure to help.

Take advantage of this exceptional package that will last for a limited time LOL

I can, and probably even better

What say u?

how about unical: http://www.unical.edu.ng . I no dey promote am o! Someone actually sent it to me. It couldn't even be found by google, so I guess that says a lot

Also, uniuyo: http://www.uniuyo.edu.ng/

TayoD,

You dug the well and now you are gonna have to fill it back up yourself. Having spent the past 2 hours debating an issue which originally started off as "Judas didn't betray Jesus after all", while at work at that, I am spent.

Toodles, Now, back to the IT section, which is why I joined Nairaland in the first place

Finally, a calm welborn, I knew there was something in your username

By contradiction, i would like to refute your argument on baptism based on john 3. It clearly says unless one be born of water and the spirit. Being baptised isn't a sure ticket to heaven, sure. After all, you can still sin after baptism. When you are baptized, your sins are washed away, u become a new creature.

Even Jesus was baptized, but I digress.

welborn,

Something tells me that you are the one who needs to take it e-z

QED

TayoD,

I believe that baptism does: Mark 16:16, Acts 2, Acts 19:5, Romans 6:3, 1 Corinthians 12:13 and Galatians 3:27. In particular, for the last scripture, if we put on Christ and at Antioch, we were first called Christians, wouldn't that imply that being baptized is what makes us Christians?

In the end, you can have faith, or as some say "be saved by grace (sometimes, by simply placing your hand on the TV screen), but yes, you need to be baptized.

By the way, thanks for not crucifying me (although you didn't end your last post with "*bless*" LOL. At least I am happy you understand where I came from

TayoD et al,

Let me clarify myself: I am a christian. Not jus because I was born into a christian family, but by virtue of being baptized. Now, all I did is what any normal lawyer would do, dissect the argument that was made. I believe that we will know the truth on the judgement day. For now, all I am saying is that we shouldn't argue about this based on emotion.

Religion is obviously a hot button issue amongst Nigerians. I accept that. Just remember though, that this religion wasn't ours originally and was taught to us. When I talk about the bible, I like to see it from the perspective of many passages. I also like to see it from a historical perspective. In the end, I will make the decision for myself, but I won't do something, just because, it has been preached for thousands of years, like a zombie.

Again, sure, there were probably 7 days of celebration for other gods. All I was saying is that it is funny that that date was chosen in the first place. Many years ago, I am sure that date was accepted as fact, until someone started researching that it was too cold for anyone to be out on december 25th.

So you can all bring me down from the cross now (ooops, have I started another emotion-filled thread? )

I c u didn't spot the sarcasm.

I am for reason. I am for battling ideas out. In the end, we can agree to disagree.

So perhaps you should take it easy. It is interesting that some pple, when it comes to religion, wd rather jump off a cliff, than reason something out.

Now I can see you are pissed - u used to end your posts with ", bless, ". Now, it is "warm regards" LOL. Make God no bless me again? Na wa o!

welborn ,

I anxiously await you to point out what facts of mine are wrong. Do state them, and if they are wrong, I will gladly apologize.

So, let's do it - wrestlemania 22. Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior 2

nightrider, ki lo de? na wa o!

The bible obviously doesn't say I should celebrate my birthday, but obviously I am not to be worshipped LOL. This is about Jesus, not me

I don't care about Jesus' race. I do care about how some people tried to impose on me their beliefs, while making my beliefs sound inferior.

LOL, u funny man.

Dude (or dudette ),

Welborn, no need preaching to the choir. I am only reasoning with him and others. I am only stating fact. It is good to have fact when making a point. I quoted scripture to back me up, he didn't. There are people who aren't black or white, by the way. If not, what are the chinese? what are the present day egyptians? They certainly aren't transluscent. LOL.

I am not taking it personal. Just correcting his notion. As Seun the administrator said, we should read posts in their entirety before responding as it may hv been dealt with earlier on. Someone else already talked about most of what he said.

In the end, we shouldn't just go to war based on who said what. We should sit back, ponder what they said and make it a battle of ideas.

dakmanzero,

now u r just straight stereotyping. Tell your friend, that what matters is not whether or not the man is naija, but that the man is a good man, period. There are abusive men all over the world. Other cultures are races have submissive wives, they just don't use the word submissive

I blv as has been stated in earlier threads on this topic, submissive doesn't mean slavery or bondage. A woman should be allowed to say her piece and contribute, but in the end, the man should make the final call. There is a difference b/w a man who does this and a man who doesn't let his wife speak at all. Also, submissive doesn't mean that if the husband comes back from work at midnight that the wife should be up and ready to make the man his dinner.

Geez, if you think this way, what do you have to say about 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, which states that a woman needs to be silent in the presence of men? You are treading on very turbulent waters, my friend.

No shoot the messenger o! Na Paul write am, no be me

Well then nightrider, allowme to retort

> nobody said Jesus was born on 25th december, the bible doesn't say that, what you fail to realise is that christmas is not a celebration of Jesus
> birthday
I will agree with you there, but the date chosen is pretty interesting. If my secondary school teaching serves me right, I believe it was originally a day set aside to honor a roman god. It is funny that that day of all days would be chosen. Check out http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm

> Jesus was a jew are jews black.jews are white
LOL. I don't even want to begin to think what this line means. But again, I will maintain, that for years, we have been led to believe that Jesus was white. If not, y do all the photos, statues, etc show him as such? So sure, Jews are white and black. I am not even saying he was black. He definitely wasn't white.

> and where did the whites use the bible to support slavery, rather i remember that the bible was used to abolish slavery.
Weeell, if my University history serves me right, I believe they always referred to the following scriptures to keep their slaves under check: Ephesians 6:5, Colossians 3:22. This is what I was taught o! For all I know, it could have been another attempt at indoctrination

> what you fail to realise is that christmas is not a celebration of Jesus birthday
> it is a celebration of Jesus birth. so it can be on anyday. and 25th december was chosen. for whatever reason it was chosen doesn't matter,
> becuz God created all days.

Again, if you want to be technical about the bible, the bible doesn't say we should "celebrate Jesus birth". Nowhere will you find anyone observing his birth. It does say we should "celebrate" Jesus death (Luke 22:19, 1 Cor 11: 24-26). When? Upon the first day of the week (Acts 20:7)

Depending on your response, I would be glad to retort more

, and that's my 2 cents

bolex,

depending on how important you consider raising your children the naija style, in my opinion, how much you get paid shouldn't be an issue. If the opportunity comes, take it.

Again, I only speak if the way your children are raised is high on the richter scale

Whoaaa glade.x et al

There is nothing wrong in reasoning, as long as it doesn't shake one's belief. David's grave is there, as well as other things found in the bible. I think I even saw an article purporting that Noah's ark may have been found. I may have said this before, but there are many parts of the bible that have been misconstrued, though true (Jesus being white, Jesus being born on Dec 25, whites using the bible to support slavery, etc).

So, if I disagree with what someone said, based on their reasoning, yet I am a christian, will you say God should bless me too? I sure hope so


, and that's my 2 cents

Up Nigeria (and others),

This may be opening a totally new can of worms, but I don't agree with your (paraphrasing) "since times have changed, so has the bible". I don't have the quote, but I am sure someone can support me when I say that (again, paraphrasing), though heaven and earth may pass, the word of God will not.

Whether or not we agree on the "submission" thing, we should all be wary of being guilty of what the bible says in revelation about (yes, a paraphrase, once more ) not adding/subtracting from the bible. In particular, we shouldn't just pick one passage and stick with it, we have to consider the context and compare to other passages and then make a connection.

, and thatz my 2 cents

Oga Seun (I am still mad at you removing my links from my posts, but you are the boss ),

With you hailing from Ota (at least according to your profile) and the school being in Ota, I suspect a connection. Do you even sleep sef?

Jokes aside, I would point out the following:

1) Made the footer section consistent across the site.

2) The pages "jump around" when you click on them. Click to each page to see what I am saying

3) If there is no content for a particular section, then perhaps it shouldn't be part of the navigation

4) Speaking of navigation, considering its simplicity, I would recommend rollovers so the user knows where they are, and of course eliminating the graphics altogether, in favor of CSS.

That's what I have. Anyone else?

Oookay,

Now, let us review the most hideous, in my opinion, of websites I have seen to-date. Open FireFox and go to this website: http://www.akwaibomstategov.com/

Let the mud-slinging begin

I couldn't focus on design as the content was too much. the font was also small. The content could definitely use more organizing.


My resume/CV: http://www.geocities.com/myibibio/bios/itoroResume.html

Thanks,

no offense to the coder of the site, but it is way too bland.

Needs more spice, whatever that may be.

my CV/resume: http://www.geocities.com/myibibio/bios/itoroResume.html

Thanks,

Looking at the marching Nigerian lady was kind of dizzying. What is the site about sef?

That is all I will say for now. For more, you will have to pay me

My CV/resume: http://www.geocities.com/myibibio/bios/itoroResume.html

Thanks,

I just visited the site. I just wanted to tell the webmaster of faceOfFestac that he may want to think of using Google AdSense (free) for possible revenue generation, that is, if there is a way to send the money to a Nigerian account, or perhaps a domicilliary account there. In the states, I forget the name, but there is a free site that makes $10,000 monthly thanks to google Adsense.

, and that's my 2 cents